MotionCanvas: Cinematic Shot Design with Controllable Image-to-Video Generation

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Autores principales: Xing, Jinbo, Mai, Long, Ham, Cusuh, Huang, Jiahui, Mahapatra, Aniruddha, Fu, Chi-Wing, Wong, Tien-Tsin, Liu, Feng
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Publicado: 2025
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author Xing, Jinbo
Mai, Long
Ham, Cusuh
Huang, Jiahui
Mahapatra, Aniruddha
Fu, Chi-Wing
Wong, Tien-Tsin
Liu, Feng
author_facet Xing, Jinbo
Mai, Long
Ham, Cusuh
Huang, Jiahui
Mahapatra, Aniruddha
Fu, Chi-Wing
Wong, Tien-Tsin
Liu, Feng
contents This paper presents a method that allows users to design cinematic video shots in the context of image-to-video generation. Shot design, a critical aspect of filmmaking, involves meticulously planning both camera movements and object motions in a scene. However, enabling intuitive shot design in modern image-to-video generation systems presents two main challenges: first, effectively capturing user intentions on the motion design, where both camera movements and scene-space object motions must be specified jointly; and second, representing motion information that can be effectively utilized by a video diffusion model to synthesize the image animations. To address these challenges, we introduce MotionCanvas, a method that integrates user-driven controls into image-to-video (I2V) generation models, allowing users to control both object and camera motions in a scene-aware manner. By connecting insights from classical computer graphics and contemporary video generation techniques, we demonstrate the ability to achieve 3D-aware motion control in I2V synthesis without requiring costly 3D-related training data. MotionCanvas enables users to intuitively depict scene-space motion intentions, and translates them into spatiotemporal motion-conditioning signals for video diffusion models. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method on a wide range of real-world image content and shot-design scenarios, highlighting its potential to enhance the creative workflows in digital content creation and adapt to various image and video editing applications.
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spellingShingle MotionCanvas: Cinematic Shot Design with Controllable Image-to-Video Generation
Xing, Jinbo
Mai, Long
Ham, Cusuh
Huang, Jiahui
Mahapatra, Aniruddha
Fu, Chi-Wing
Wong, Tien-Tsin
Liu, Feng
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
This paper presents a method that allows users to design cinematic video shots in the context of image-to-video generation. Shot design, a critical aspect of filmmaking, involves meticulously planning both camera movements and object motions in a scene. However, enabling intuitive shot design in modern image-to-video generation systems presents two main challenges: first, effectively capturing user intentions on the motion design, where both camera movements and scene-space object motions must be specified jointly; and second, representing motion information that can be effectively utilized by a video diffusion model to synthesize the image animations. To address these challenges, we introduce MotionCanvas, a method that integrates user-driven controls into image-to-video (I2V) generation models, allowing users to control both object and camera motions in a scene-aware manner. By connecting insights from classical computer graphics and contemporary video generation techniques, we demonstrate the ability to achieve 3D-aware motion control in I2V synthesis without requiring costly 3D-related training data. MotionCanvas enables users to intuitively depict scene-space motion intentions, and translates them into spatiotemporal motion-conditioning signals for video diffusion models. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method on a wide range of real-world image content and shot-design scenarios, highlighting its potential to enhance the creative workflows in digital content creation and adapt to various image and video editing applications.
title MotionCanvas: Cinematic Shot Design with Controllable Image-to-Video Generation
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.04299